African Storybook Summit
You are cordially invited to an open session of the African Storybook Summit, to take place in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, UBC, on Thursday, June 26, 2014. The event, co-sponsored by the Wall Institute, will take place from 9:00am to 10:30am in the DLC (Ponderosa F, Room 103). UBC President Stephen Toope […]
Upcoming Doctoral Defence – Samuel Andema
LLED’s, Samuel Andema, will defend his doctoral dissertation on Friday, July 4th. All are welcome to attend. Title: Promoting Digital Literacy in African Education: ICT Innovations in a Ugandan Primary Teachers’ College When: Friday, July 4, 2014 at 9:00 am Where: Graduate Student Centre, at 6371 Crescent Road, room 200 Supervisor: Dr. Bonny Norton Doctoral defences are public. […]
LLED Research Seminar – Thursday, June 12
All are welcome to in LLED’s upcoming Research Seminar. We will be hosting Dr. Sarah Twomey from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Please see the abstract below. Where: Digital Literacy Centre (Ponderosa Annex F, room 103) When: Thursday, June 12, 12:15 – 1:15 pm Exploring the ‘geographical self’ through a feminist new literacies writing pedagogy: Women writers […]
Congratulations Won and Sara!
Phd students Won Kim and Sara Schroeter were awarded the prestigious Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant award, honouring excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level.
Killam Graduate Teaching Assistants awards
We are so pleased to extend our warmest congratulations to LLED PhD Students Sara Schroeter and Won Kim who have been awarded the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for the 2013-14 academic year. This award recognizes the valuable contributions graduate teaching assistants have made to our programs. This is a remarkable achievement for both Won and […]
A Big Thank You!
A great big thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the end of term at the LLED Spring Social. A special thanks go to the Social Committee, Lee Gunderson, Margaret Early, and Anneke Van Enk, and our Graduate Peer Advisors, Melanie Wong, Harini Rajagopal, and Espen Stranger-Johannessen. Thanks is also be extended to […]
The Beauty in Teaching – Invited talk by Dr. Peter O’Connor
All are welcome to the following LLED Research Seminar: The Beauty in Teaching Invited talk by Dr. Peter O’Connor, University of Auckland Wed. April 30th at 12:30 Digital Learning Centre, PON F, room 103 Abstract: By overcoming the constraints imposed on teaching in recent years, there remains the possibility teaching can be an improvisational […]
LLED Research Seminar Series: New/digital literacies and the socio-economic empowerment of women: A case study of a Botswana basket-weaving cooperative
LLED Research Seminar Series invites you: New/digital literacies and the socio-economic empowerment of women: A case study of a Botswana basket-weaving cooperative Theresa Rogers, Penelope Moanakwena, and Brigid Conteh, UBC (with Pierre Walter, UBC and Glorious Bolokwe, UB, Ernesto Pena, DLC) Date/Time: Thursday, April 24, 2014 – 12:30-1:30pm Location: Digital Literacy Centre, Pon F, room […]
Bonny Norton discussion the African Storybook Project with UBC News
In a video interview, promoted by UBC News, Bonny Norton discusses a project that promotes mother tongue literacy in sub-Saharan Africa through the use of technology. Check it out on the UBC News website.
Klara Abdi a SSHRC Storytellers finalist
Klara Abdi, an LLED PhD candidate in TESL, was named a top 25 finalist for the SSHRC Storytellers Competition. The challenge asked postsecondary students from across the country to demonstrate—in three minutes or 300 words—how a SSHRC-funded research project at their institution is making a difference in the lives of Canadians. Notably, UBC is also among the most represented […]